NBA TV gets largest audience ever for Heat-Pacers

The rematch of last year’s Eastern Conference finals — the season’s first meeting between the defending champion Miami Heat and the Indiana Pacers, who have the NBA’s best record — drew an average viewership of 920,000 Tuesday night for NBA TV.

The previous high was esbalished Oct. 31, 2012, a game between the Los Angeles Lakers and Portland Trail Blazers that averaged 868,000 total viewers on Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2012.

The Heat-Pacers telecast, selected as part of NBA TV’s “Fan Night,” peaked at 1 million viewers from 10:15 to 10:30 p.m. ET.

NBA TV received its second most-viewed telecast of the season Sunday night with the return of Kobe Bryant and the Lakers facing the Toronto Raptors. That game drew 691,000 viewers.

ESPN has the next Pacers-Heat game next Wednesday (Dec. 18) from Miami.